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Tue, 25 Dec 2012 16:28:22 GMTOutdoor woodworking benchhttp://lumberjocks.com/DallasBentley/blog/33578
Don’t have my workspace any more, but I have a deck (below a deck). I’ve started slapping together an outdoor workspace.

It is not a long term solution, but I get to fiddle around. The elements are still a problem, but not as bad as I thought they would be. I still need to store wood and my better tools inside as a precaution, but water resistant toolboxes, trash cans and a few bits for covering can help.

All wrapped up.

As I uncover and lay out the bits and pieces.

I after I get my planing stop and dog holes bored, I’m going to add a wood thread vise, a more stable base, perhaps more trash cans or weather resistant toolboxes.

I find these quite cool. Don’t know how long they would hold up though.

They purport to plant a tree for each sold.

—Dallas

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Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:46:16 GMThttp://lumberjocks.com/DallasBentley/blog/26969DallasDallasWorkbench holding and appliances for hybrid benchhttp://lumberjocks.com/DallasBentley/blog/26807
These are all helpful objects that cost next to nothing to build. The more precise, the better they are. Mine are hardly precise. Most work in concert with the bench or are part of it.

Starting from the beginning.

Crosscutting or ripping on a sawbench.

Here I have an extension shop bent. I got this idea from the Close Grain blog and plan from Tom Fidgen’s Made by Hand book.

Crosscutting using a bench hook.

Simple bench hook. I raise the planing stop to support the other side of the board.

Crosscutting using a mitre box.

There are a few ways to secure the mitre box to the bench. I use two ways:

Bench dog or planing stop and wonder pup on the ends.

Bench dogs slipped through holes in the bottom of the box and into the top.

Here’s how I hang it up when not in use – just to get it off the floor.

Face Planing.

Using planing stop.

Using bench dogs and wonder pup.

Using my split top divider (flipped over).

Using a sticking board (held in place with vise and planing stop).

Sticking board with split top piece for wide boards.

Edge Planing.

Using raised planing stop.

Using vise.

Using vise and leg holdfast for slightly longer boards. The flush legs rock for this.

Using leg holdfasts for long boards (vise as aid).

Using apron (other side of the bench) with holdfasts.

Shooting the ends.

Using shooting board.

The other end of a longer board is supported with my sticking board plus one scrap board.

Cutting Joinery.

Moxon vise to the rescue!

Using simple holdfasts in apron.

Not shown, but the vise positioned next to the flush leg holds well too!

I’m amazed at how much easier it is to secure my work now. Hope these ideas help others!

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Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:59:04 GMThttp://lumberjocks.com/DallasBentley/blog/26807DallasDallasGood deal on a DeWalt 18 volt Drill - 11/22/2011http://lumberjocks.com/DallasBentley/blog/26623
Newegg sells computer stuff, but sometimes has deals on power tools. This is part of their Pre-Black Friday sale: